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[CITE: 10USC10173]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
                 PART I--ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
 
                CHAPTER 1006--RESERVE COMPONENT COMMANDS
 
Sec. 10173. Marine Forces Reserve

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Navy, with the advice and 
assistance of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, shall establish in the 
Marine Corps a command known as the Marine Forces Reserve.
    (b) Commander.--The Marine Forces Reserve is commanded by the 
Commander, Marine Forces Reserve. The Commander, Marine Forces Reserve, 
reports directly to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
    (c) Assignment of Forces.--The Commandant of the Marine Corps--
        (1) shall assign to the Marine Forces Reserve the forces of the 
    Marine Corps Reserve stationed in the continental United States 
    other than forces assigned to the unified combatant command for 
    special operations forces established pursuant to section 167 of 
    this title; and
        (2) except as otherwise directed by the Secretary of Defense in 
    the case of forces assigned to carry out functions of the Secretary 
    of the Navy specified in section 5013 of this title, shall assign to 
    the combatant commands (through the Marine Corps component commander 
    for each such command) all such forces assigned to the Marine Forces 
    Reserve under paragraph (1) in the manner specified by the Secretary 
    of Defense.

(Added Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1211(a)(1), Sept. 23, 
1996, 110 Stat. 2690.)
